Starbursts: Triggers, Nature, and Evolution
Subtitle: Les Houches School, September 17-27, 1996 (Centre de Physique des Houches)
Contributors: Bruno Guiderdoni (Editor); Ajit Kembhavi (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 31, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9783540647010
Subjects: Astrophysics; Stars, interstellar matter; Science/Mathematics; Stars; Science; Astronomy - General; Astrophysics & Space Science; Science / Astronomy; Cosmology
First sentence: The starburst phenomenon is one of the most actively pursued problems in extragalactic astronomy, but it is just one aspect of the much broader subject of large-scale star formation in galaxies.